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PITYROGRAMMA CHRYSOPHYLLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pityrogramma chrysophylla mean?
• PITYROGRAMMA CHRYSOPHYLLA (noun)
The noun PITYROGRAMMA CHRYSOPHYLLA has 1 sense:
1. fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
Familiarity information: PITYROGRAMMA CHRYSOPHYLLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PITYROGRAMMA CHRYSOPHYLLA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
gold fern; Pityrogramma chrysophylla
Hypernyms ("Pityrogramma chrysophylla" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Holonyms ("Pityrogramma chrysophylla" is a member of...):
genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)
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